Check-hook and loop.



O. B. READ.

GHEGK HOOK AND'LOOP.

APPLICATION FILED DEG .21,1908.

929,01 4. Patented July 27, 1909.

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ORRIN B. READ, OF TROY, NEW YORK.

CHECK-HOOK AND LOOP.

Application filed December 21, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ORRIN B. READ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Troy, county of Rensselaer, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Hooks and Loops,of which the following is a specification.

The invent-ion relates to such improvements and consists of the novelconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter described andsubsequently claimed.

Reference may be had to the accompanying drawings, and the referencecharacters marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.Similar characters refer to similar parts in the several figurestherein.

The object of the invention is to strengthen the parts withoutincreasing their weight, and at the same time to give the parts anornamental appearance.

The invention consists of a shank adapted to be secured in aharness-saddle, and provided at its upper end with a collar, post andhead, and a loop-member having near one end an elongated longitudinalhook-or-head slot, and at the other end a rein-strap slot, the head orhook being so formed that its lower side presents a face inclinedtransversely of the head to correspond approximately with theinclination of the stress-line, when the loop-member is subjected tostress through the check-rein strap, as hereinafter more fully describedand subsequently pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a view in side elevation of the improvedcheck-rein holder, showing the shank, head and post supporting theloop-member in the inclined position assumed by such member whensubjected to stress, by means of the check-rein strap. Fig. 2 is a viewin front elevation of the shank, head and post with the loop-memberdetached. Fig. 3 is a view similar to that shown in Fig. 2, except thatthe shank has been given a quarter turn to show the side opposite thatshown in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan-view of the loop member, detached.Fig. 5 is an edge-view of the same.

Referring to the drawings, the shank 1 is shown with the screw-threads 2at its lower end, by which it is adapted to be inserted in theharness-saddle, and at its upper end with the elongated head 3 and post4. Atthe lower end of the post is located a collar, 5.

The loop-member, 8, is provided near one end with the elongatedlongitudinal hook- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27, 1909.

Serial No. 468,633.

or-head slot, 9, and at the other end with the transverse rein-strapslot, 10. The loopmember is adapted to be placed on the post 4 in theusual well-known manner of securing similar loop-members to ,a post in acheck-hook construction, the head being inserted, one end at a time,through the slot 9, while the member is held in a position such that theslot 9 extends parallel with the head, and after the head has beenprojected through the slot, the loop-member is'given a quarter turn uponthe head-supporting neck a, which will prevent the loop-member frombeing disengaged from the post without turning the loop -member intoparallelism with the head.

The novel feature of my check-hook con sists in providing a head'with alower inclined face, 12, which is adapted to be en gaged by the uppersurface of the loop-member, when such member is subjected to stresswhile in use through the check-rein strap inserted in the slot 10.

It is well known that the check-rein in use is inclined forwardly andupwardly toward the horses head, from the check-hook, and I have shownthe loop-member occupying approximately such inclined position, in Fig.1 of the drawings, which is the position assumed by the loop-member whensubjected to stress, in use. The end 13 of the loopmember is elongatedand tapered from the slot 9 to the end of the member, as shown in Figs.4: and 5. Such an elongation of the end permits of a considerablewearing-away of the member from the slot 9 toward the end 13, withoutmaterially weakening the member. The stress or strain exerted by theloop-member upon the post, due to the pull upon the check-rein, limitsthe engaging surfaces between the post and loop-member -to the surfaceat the outer end of slot 9 on the end of the loop-member, and the sideof the post directly beneath the lowermost edge of the elongated head.It is obvious, therefore, that the nearer such engaging surface on thepost is to the harness-saddle, the smaller and lighter such post can bemade without danger of its breaking. If the lower surface of the headextended in a hori- Zontal plane, that surface would necessarily have tobe made as far away from the collar 5 as the upper portion of theinclined surface is located; otherwise the loop could not assume theinclined osition shown. And if the end 13 was permitted to accidentallyengage the post at a higher point more remote from the collar, thebreaking strain due to increased leverage upon the post would be muchgreater than would be the case with inclined-head construction. As ameans for locating the engaging surface between the post and loop-memberat the nearest possible point to the collar 5, the end 13 of the loop istapered so that the beveled surface of the tapered end will occupyapproximately a horizontal plane when in engagement with the collar, asshown in Fig. 1 of the drawlngs, thus permitting end 13 of theloopmember to engage a point on the neck nearer the collar than would bepossible if the loopmember was not tapered. The taper is shown quiteslight in the drawings, but it is obvious that the end may be tapered orbeveled at any desired angle.

It is obvious that when there is no stress upon the loop-member to holdit in an inclined position, it will fall to a horizontal positionresting upon the collar 5.

hen the loop-member is changed from one position to the other, in use,it will be readily seen that the end 13 of such member has very littlemovemenuso that the wear between such member'and the post is reduced toaminimum.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is r 1. In acheck-rein holder, the combination with a loop-member having in one endan and provided on its upper end with a post and elongated head adaptedto be projected through the longitudinal slot of the loopmember and theloop-member turned on the post, the head having a face on its lower sideinclined transversely of the head to correspond approximately with theinclination of the stress-line, when the loop-member is subjected tostress through the check-rein strap.

2. In a check-rein holder, the combination with a loop-member providednear one end with an elongated longitudinal hook-slot, and at the otherend with a strap-slot, and having the end contiguous to the hook-slotelongated and tapered from the slot to its end; of a shank adapted to besecured to a harness-saddle, and provided on its upper end with a postand elongated head adapted to be projected through the longitudinal slotof the loop-member and the loop-member turned on the post, the headhaving a face on its lower side inclined transversely of the head tocorrespond approximately with the inclination of the stress-line, whenthe loopmember is subjected to stress through the check-rein strap; anda collar on the shank, below the head, adapted to support the loopmemberwhen not subjected to stress through the check-rein strap.

in testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 19th day ofDecember, 1908.

ORRIN B. READ.

Witnesses Gno A. Mosrnnz, LILLTAN G. KENNEDY.

